Q2 Revenue $19.6B, flat YoY, $700m above non-GAAP guidance Intel said second-quarter revenue exceeded April guidance led by continued strength in the Client Computing Group (CCG) and strong recovery in both Intel's Internet of Things Group (IOTG) and the Enterprise portion of its Data Center Group (DCG). The PC and Mobileye businesses achieved record Q2 revenue. In the … [Read more...] about Intel Q2’2021 Results
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What happened this year in GPU land?
Nothing as we know it has been, or will be, the same. The year started with uncertainty and half-way in, things still haven’t settled down; maybe they never will. Nvidia kept introducing new GPUs and AIBs. Its Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) has given the company an edge with dedicated hardware accelerated ray tracing. They kept making ray tracing more compelling … [Read more...] about What happened this year in GPU land?
AMD fills out its lineup with powerful new workstation entries
AMD’s latest workstation lineup includes the W6800, and a W6600 for desktop and mobile. AMD has been rolling out its RDNA 2 across all its product lines first shipping in the fall of 2020. That in itself is noteworthy because AMD has a good story to tell with its broad-based product line. All the products are taking advantage of AMD’s 7-nm process technology, and AMD even … [Read more...] about AMD fills out its lineup with powerful new workstation entries
AMD Q1 2021 results
Revenue for the quarter was up 93% from last year to $3.5 billion, GAAP profit was $555 million, up 243% from last year. AMD announced revenue for the first quarter of 2021 of $3.45 billion, operating income of $662 million, net income of $555 million. “Our business continued to accelerate in the first quarter driven by the best product portfolio in our history, strong … [Read more...] about AMD Q1 2021 results
AMD’s latest Adrenalin update puts the fun in functionality
The latest update is feature packed. AMD has gotten into the cadence of releasing a Radeon driver every month and then hotfixes after users have a chance to de-bug them, but these days there is minimal fuss. The company has delivered on their promise of driver stability. The latest release updated their Anti-Lag and Boost for high framerate, low latency gaming, and as … [Read more...] about AMD’s latest Adrenalin update puts the fun in functionality
AMD Ryzen Pro 5000 Series Mobile Processors
AMD continues its takeover of the notebook space. AMD introduced its Ryzen Pro 5000 Series Mobile Processors based on the Zen 3 core architecture. The new processors are designed for premium business laptops and include AMD’s hardware-based Pro technologies for enterprise-class security features. The chips were announced with two significant design wins, one from HP … [Read more...] about AMD Ryzen Pro 5000 Series Mobile Processors
Foundry announces schedule for the second edition of virtual Foundry Live
Foundry is organizing one of its biggest online event of the year, Foundry Live, from March 15 to March 25. The event will showcase new innovations by Foundry, sneak peeks into the latest product developments, and more importantly the key trends in the VFX industry. Foundry Live is supported by Lenovo and AMD. This year’s virtual sessions will discuss the future of Look … [Read more...] about Foundry announces schedule for the second edition of virtual Foundry Live
AMD continues its rise with Q4 2020 results
Revenue for the quarter was up 52.3% from last year to $3.2 billion, GAAP profit was $1.8 billion, 948% from last year. AMD announced its Q4’20 revenue hit $3.24 billion, with an operating income of $570 million, and a net income of $1.78 billion. For the year 2020, the company reported revenue of $9.76 billion, operating income of $1.37 billion, and net income of $2.49 … [Read more...] about AMD continues its rise with Q4 2020 results
Creating realistic digital hair and fur remains a challenge for game developers
EA group Frostbite introduces their Strand approach to realistic hair. It’s scary to think of all the things needed to render hair. Hair. We all have it, some more than others. Regardless, it never behaves. We cut, color it, weave and wave it, shellac it, grease and shine it—some even iron it. And still, it just doesn’t look right. If it looks bad and unruly in real life, … [Read more...] about Creating realistic digital hair and fur remains a challenge for game developers
AMD Q3 2020 results
Revenue for the quarter was up 55.6% from last year to $2.8 billion, GAAP profit was $390 million, 225% from last year. AMD’s third-quarter was up from Q2 and year-to-year in sales. Revenue was $2.8 billion, up 57% year-over-year primarily driven by higher Computing and Graphics segment revenue. Net profit was 148% quarter-over-quarter and up 225% year-to-year. “Our … [Read more...] about AMD Q3 2020 results